Author: Augustus M Toplady 1740-78
Object of my first desire,
Jesus, crucified for me!
all to happiness aspire:
you alone our joy can be.
You to please, and you to know,
these are my delight below;
you to see, and you to love,
these are my delight above.
2. Lord, it is not life to live,
if your presence you deny;
Lord, if you your presence give,
then it is not death to die.
Source and giver of repose,
from your smile alone it flows;
peace and happiness divine
mine must be, if you are mine.
3. While I feel your love is near,
all creation teems with joy;
may I walk beside you here,
then into your presence die!
You alone may I possess,
total sum of happiness!
Perfect joy I then shall prove,
heaven below and heaven above.
Scriptures: Matthew 27:35, Mark 15:24, Luke 24:32, Matthew 11:28, Romans 15:13, John 17:3, John 16:20-22, Psalms 73:24-26, 1 Peter 1:8, Romans 5:1, Luke 23:33, John 19:18, Philippians 1:21, 1 John 3:2-3, John 15:11, Psalms 73:25-26, John 1:37-39, Philippians 3:10, Philippians 4:4, Luke 24:15, Colossians 1:10, Exodus 33:15, Psalms 139:17, 2 Corinthians 5:9, Colossians 1:23
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